Natural Theology
Publisher: Coachwhip Publications
Published: April 5, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781930585218
Subjects: Religion - Socialissues; Religion; History; Religion & Science; Theology; Religion / Theology; Religion-Religion & Science; Science-History
First sentence: SUPPOSE, in the next place, that the person, who found the watch, should, after some time, discover, that, in addition to all the properties which he had hitherto observed in it, it possessed the unexpected property of producing, in the course of its movement, another watch like itself; (the thing is conceivable;) that it contained within it a mechanism, a system of parts, a mould for instance, or a complex adjustment of laths, files, and other tools, evidently and separately calculated for this purpose; let us enquire, what effect ought such a discovery to have upon his former conclusion?